Re: Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 keeps drawing 0.85 W despite Bluetooth being disable in GNOME

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Alan,


Than you again for your quick reply.

Am 20.11.23 um 03:26 schrieb Alan Stern:
> On Sun, Nov 19, 2023 at 11:09:32PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > $ sudo modprobe btusb
>
> > $ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/*
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/active_duration:119053224
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/async:enabled
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend:2
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend_delay_ms:2000
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/connected_duration:148065372
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/control:auto
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/level:auto
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/persist:1
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_kids:0
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_time:119060567
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_enabled:enabled
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_status:active
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_suspended_time:28831453
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_usage:0
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/wakeup:disabled
> > ```
>
> Hmmm.  It's not immediately clear why the device isn't being suspended.
> The btusb driver does support autosuspend.
>
> Can you also post the output from
>
> 	grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:*/power/*
>
> with the driver module loaded?  I should have asked for it before.

```
$ sudo modprobe btusb
$ sudo dmesg | tail -9
[319747.390712] r8152 4-1.2:1.0 enx18dbf22dccf3: carrier on
[320256.946094] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
qca/rampatch_usb_00000302.bin
[320256.949333] Bluetooth: hci0: using rampatch file: 
qca/rampatch_usb_00000302.bin
[320256.949349] Bluetooth: hci0: QCA: patch rome 0x302 build 0x3e8, 
firmware rome 0x302 build 0x111
[320256.949643] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[320257.308935] bluetooth hci0: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
qca/nvm_usb_00000302.bin
[320257.309043] Bluetooth: hci0: using NVM file: qca/nvm_usb_00000302.bin
[320257.336220] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Enhanced Setup Synchronous 
Connection command is advertised, but not supported.
[320257.638188] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.22
$ /sbin/rfkill
ID TYPE      DEVICE    SOFT      HARD
 1 wlan      phy0   blocked unblocked
28 bluetooth hci0   blocked unblocked
$ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:*/power/*
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.0/power/async:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.0/power/runtime_active_kids:0
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.0/power/runtime_enabled:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.0/power/runtime_status:suspended
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.0/power/runtime_usage:0
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.1/power/async:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.1/power/runtime_active_kids:0
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.1/power/runtime_enabled:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.1/power/runtime_status:suspended
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3:1.1/power/runtime_usage:0
```

For completeness:

```
$ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/*
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/active_duration:120462288
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/async:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend:2
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend_delay_ms:2000
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/connected_duration:155617216
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/control:auto
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/level:auto
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/persist:1
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_kids:0
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_time:120468920
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_enabled:enabled
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_status:active
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_suspended_time:34969407
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_usage:0
/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/wakeup:disabled
```

> > ```
> > $ sudo modprobe -r btusb
> > $ sudo dmesg | tail -1
> > [314106.155163] usbcore: deregistering interface driver btusb
> > $ grep . /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/*
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/active_duration:119072176
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/async:enabled
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend:2
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/autosuspend_delay_ms:2000
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/connected_duration:148320980
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/control:auto
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/level:auto
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/persist:1
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_kids:0
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_active_time:119079518
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_enabled:enabled
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_status:suspended
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_suspended_time:29068110
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/runtime_usage:0
> > /sys/bus/usb/devices/1-3/power/wakeup:disabled
> > ```
>
> Okay, and here we see that without the driver, the device does get
> suspended.

Indeed. Thank you for pointing at `runtime_status:suspended` compared to 
`runtime_status:active`.


Kind regards,

Paul